Cloud Contracts Paper - done at last!

[major_clanger]

The Cloud Contracts paper - which I started researching before Christmas, and which has been bouncing back and forth in various drafts between myself, Christopher and Ian since May - is now finally done, released and online:

Contracts for Clouds: Comparison and Analysis of the Terms and Conditions of Cloud Computing Services, Simon Bradshaw, Christopher Millard and Ian Walden, 1 September 2010.

After some discussion we didn't end up using any of the titles kindly suggested by my friends, but I will try and use some of those ideas for the shorter news-article version of the paper I'm now working on, and which SCL might be interested in.

Comments

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congratulations :)

I've downloaded it & will have a read next week.

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

I assume I can publicise this? Do you know Simon Wardley?

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

Yes, certainly.

I don't know Simon although I am scheduled to be on a panel at a forthcoming SCL event with Canonical's General Counsel.

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

He doesn't work at Canonical any more - he moved to a specialist futurological think tank

[bookzombie.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

Our new department management are very keen on using cloud-based products so, if you've no objections, I'll pass on the link.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

By all means, please do.

[handslive.livejournal.com]

Excellent paper. Some bits of interest to me as a security guy reviewing data retention policies and controls. I've noted the lack of information regarding the location of storage before; it's the kind of thing that makes us lean towards seeking out Canadian SaaS providers just so we know they're bound by the same privacy regulations, or at least strictly limiting what data can be moved outside the border.

I'd like to pass links to the paper to others in the Security Architecture area, Enterprise Architecture for their SaaS checklist, and our Privacy Office, if that's ok.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

Yes, please feel free to pass it on.

[ben-jeapes.livejournal.com]

Thought you might like to know this fine piece of work is referenced in the new JANET cloud computing factsheet by Andrew Cormack: http://www.ja.net/documents/publications/factsheets/079-cloud-computing.pdf